From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4694171B5 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:32:30 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Jan 2018 02:32:30 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,377,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="196586938" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Jan 2018 02:32:29 -0800 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (sivswdev01.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.45]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id w0IAWS3P008734; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 GMT Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id w0IAWSSB003721; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 GMT Received: (from aburakov@localhost) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with LOCAL id w0IAWS1P003716; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 GMT From: Anatoly Burakov To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:28 +0000 Message-Id: <32a6f11b2e6bc88c90ef39cb0494b8c3335a94d7.1516270352.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add deprecation notice for memory hotplug changes X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:32:31 -0000 Due to coming changes outlined in memory hotplug RFC, there will be several API/ABI changes. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov --- Notes: Patch outlining future changes: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32467/ v2: added rte_mem_config and rte_memzone changes to the announcement doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 13e8543..93cbeea 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* eal: due to internal data layoyut reorganization, there will be changes to + several structures and functions as a result of coming changes to support + memory hotplug in v18.05. + ``rte_eal_get_physmem_layout`` will be deprecated and removed in subsequent + releases. + ``rte_mem_config`` contents will change due to switch to memseg lists. + ``rte_memzone`` member ``memseg_id`` will no longer serve any useful purpose + and will be removed. + * eal: several API and ABI changes are planned for ``rte_devargs`` in v18.02. The format of device command line parameters will change. The bus will need to be explicitly stated in the device declaration. The enum ``rte_devtype`` -- 2.7.4